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HuffPo appears upset with Supreme Court re: Voter ID Law

Posted on 10/18/14 at 7:29 am
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 7:29 am
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Texas has enforced its tough voter ID in elections since the Supreme Court in June 2013 effectively eliminated the heart of the Voting Rights Act, which had prevented Texas and eight other states with histories of discrimination from changing election laws without permission.


Posted by Negative Nomad
Hell
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 8:55 am to
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Posted by gatorrocks
Lake Mary, FL
Member since Oct 2007
13969 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:01 am to
48 million Americans are living in poverty. Statistically that should include somewhere around 35 million whites.

Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48939 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:03 am to
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question is this. Why would requiring an ID be against minorities?


Because libs need illegals to vote
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 11:00 am to
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Why would requiring an ID be against minorities?


Because Progressives say so. End of thread.

Win the narrative you win the debate.
Posted by SquirrelyBama
Member since Nov 2011
6389 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 11:54 am to
My wife and I had to have ID's to get help from our Government when my wife got really sick, and all kinds of other proof was needed too. Proof of where we lived, who we lived with, private info, and such. That was during our most desperate time in our life(Poor) and we needed help right away. We lost everything during all this! If the Government had no problems asking for ID's during those desperate needed times, what's so wrong with increases the odds of clean elections by asking for ID's here too? Stop with this excuse that "Asking for ID's makes it tougher on the poor" because if that was the case. It wouldn't have taken my wife and I moving a mountain to get help from our government during a very very desperate time in our life's. Make a free ID program for the needy if that what it takes, but make elections clean as possible while doing whatever it takes to decrease voter fraud.

I believe in Government, and anyone who thinks there's no place for it aren't being real. But....that Government needs to be held accountable when serious wrong is done, be used efficiently, and not used just doing things that helps so & so win elections. Make elections fair as possible and stop with the illogical spin from both sides. It's BS with what they try to sell us sometimes. Boy, I'm so amazed with USA History lately, but I can't help to think this 2014 ID debate won't be seen as one of those amazing issues in USA History.
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 1:00 pm
Posted by CptBengal
BR Baby
Member since Dec 2007
71661 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 12:32 pm to
Don't confuse their argument with reality.

Seriously. They just try and make an emotional plea, nothing more.
Posted by TupeloTiger
Tupelo,Ms.[via Bastrop,La.]
Member since Jul 2004
4340 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 1:46 pm to
ID's are free here. You have to show it for everything. That's not racial or discrimination. ID's stop Democrats from voter fraud with illegal Mexicans and nursing home residents. I've seen it face to face. I saw the Headstart vans and the Teachers union go pick up 40 Mexicans at the sweet potato farm of Bushs can goods and vote Democrat. I tried to talk to them,they couldn't speak English. They also went to my mothers Senior citizens home with 50 pre-voted Democrat absentee ballots to be signed. There was 90% fraud there. ID's stop all of that. We also saw Teacher union leaders with obituary pages of recent newspapers and went in to vote those names of dead people at the polls right before the polls closed. They used union family people to vote those names. No Id required then, all Dem's,all fraud.
Posted by GallatinTiger
KY
Member since Apr 2004
2232 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 2:00 pm to
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Don't confuse their argument with reality.


What's scary is large number of people who believe the lies...
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
30922 posts
Posted on 10/18/14 at 2:05 pm to
There is not a logical argument against voter ID or for the VRA.
It's akin to saying "well your grandad was a felon so we are going to put you on probation too".
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 2:05 pm
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
29438 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 11:26 am to
Reading the comments section of that article makes me want to hurt people. Seriously hurt them.
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 9:28 pm
Posted by Cruiserhog
Little Rock
Member since Apr 2008
10460 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 12:31 pm to
2 whole case of voter fraud prosecuted in Texas. thats 2

If you cant see this an attempt to disenfranchise those without resources, that are usually Democrats, well you are just stupid.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51566 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 12:35 pm to
Huffpo is one of the worst news sites available, and that's saying something
Posted by LSUMJ
BR
Member since Sep 2004
19883 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 12:39 pm to
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If you cant see this an attempt to disenfranchise those without resources, that are usually Democrats, well you are just stupid.



oh shut the fark up
in most places IDs are free. and if not,, what do they cost? 20 bucks? you cant save 20 bucks over a 4 year period? these people dont cash checks, see doctors, go to bars, buy alcohol??
please

Posted by palm springs tiger
Member since Aug 2004
687 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 1:34 pm to
And for you to argue against voter qualification is beyond ignorant. This country was founded as a republic and there have always been qualifications and restrictions on voting. Today even "progressives" recognize age as a restriction. Democrats just want the easily bought. easily duped, ignorant rabble to vote in their corrupt, hypocritical demagogues without any check on real citizenship, residency, or repeat voting.
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
76664 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:25 pm to
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Make a free ID program


That's the answer. The fact that Republicans don't push that idea to get it done is either highly ignorant or suspect. It's well worth the money to help guarantee clean elections. Maybe the party operatives pretend to want voter IDs but really don't.
Posted by RTRinTampa
Central FL
Member since Jan 2013
5532 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 5:04 pm to
And if you can't see that those without an ID are very unlikely to even care about voting unless they're being paid, well you are just stupid.

All government handout programs require ID for participation, so what issues are these liberals without ID voting for or against?
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 5:06 pm
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 5:16 pm to
To me, this is the most transparent evidence that Democrats engage in widespread voter fraud. No human being in 2014 can perform even the most basic functions in our society without some form of ID. To pretend that there are masses of voters that will be unable to vote because they cannot provide identification is beyond ludicrous. To compare providing an ID to vote with literacy tests and other things that have occurred in the past is so far beyond the pale that I cannot believe that people say it with a straight face.

Democrats use the race strawman in these voter ID arguments because it hurts their ability to cheat and they can't just say that. Anyone that says different and pretends to entertain the idea that this is about people that want to vote being unable to vote are idiots.
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 5:17 pm
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 5:24 pm to
What is the upside in this fit throwing for the Democrats whenever voter ID comes up? If you take their arguments at face value, it means they believe that they have a huge segment of voters that don't drive, don't have a job, don't have utilities in their home, don't have a bank account, have never applied for benefits (wrap your head around that one) and basically live off the grid in a cabin.

They either believe this is true or they are worried about not being able to perpetrate voter fraud. One of these has to be true.
Posted by Tigah in the ATL
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2005
27539 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 6:37 pm to
The court found the law was intended to discriminate.

The Supremes just dont care.

RBJ takes the majority to task in her dissent.
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